Making informed choices about our drinking

Colin Shevills | November 2019 |

During Alcohol Awareness Week, headlines suggesting that the average Brit gets through 108 bottles of wine a year – more than most of the developed world – should give us pause for thought.

We know that around half a million adults in our region are drinking above the Chief Medical Officers’ low risk guidelines.

I truly believe that attitudes to alcohol are moving in the right direction, not just at the societal level, but increasingly at the personal level.